Comments on: Lawbreaking Is Now the Law http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/lawbreaking-is-now-the-law Loaning brain cells to those in need since 2003 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kathy http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/lawbreaking-is-now-the-law#comment-39613 Kathy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:43:49 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4511#comment-39613 <i>It wasn’t absolutely clear whether or not you view Obama as one of the betrayers of the Constitution.</i> Is that a question? If so, the answer is yes. It wasn’t absolutely clear whether or not you view Obama as one of the betrayers of the Constitution.

Is that a question? If so, the answer is yes.

]]> By: Bryan http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/lawbreaking-is-now-the-law#comment-39611 Bryan Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:21:46 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4511#comment-39611 It wasn't absolutely clear whether or not you view Obama as one of the betrayers of the Constitution. It wasn’t absolutely clear whether or not you view Obama as one of the betrayers of the Constitution.

]]> By: Mark http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/lawbreaking-is-now-the-law#comment-39610 Mark Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:25:14 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4511#comment-39610 I don't know the district number, but he's out of Princeton (in his previous life he was a nuclear physicist IIRC). I don’t know the district number, but he’s out of Princeton (in his previous life he was a nuclear physicist IIRC).

]]> By: Kathy http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/lawbreaking-is-now-the-law#comment-39584 Kathy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:00:31 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4511#comment-39584 Mark, I don't know a lot about Rush Holt. I'll have to fix that. Which district does he represent? Mark,

I don’t know a lot about Rush Holt. I’ll have to fix that. Which district does he represent?

]]> By: Michael Tedesco http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/lawbreaking-is-now-the-law#comment-39581 Michael Tedesco Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:24:32 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4511#comment-39581 For a very good review of the thing NOT mentioned in the debate over telecom immunity have a look at <a href="http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/fisa-compromise.ars" rel="nofollow">this article from ars technica</a>. For a very good review of the thing NOT mentioned in the debate over telecom immunity have a look at this article from ars technica.

]]> By: Chief http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/lawbreaking-is-now-the-law#comment-39579 Chief Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:58:47 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4511#comment-39579 Last night on Countdown, Rachel Maddow was talking with Prof Jonathan Turley, a Constitutional Law professor about This colossal mistake. I have a post up here with a transcript of last night's Countdown http://libertystreet.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/fisa-the-senate/ Last night on Countdown, Rachel Maddow was talking with Prof Jonathan Turley, a Constitutional Law professor about This colossal mistake. I have a post up here with a transcript of last night’s Countdown
http://libertystreet.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/fisa-the-senate/

]]> By: Mark http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/lawbreaking-is-now-the-law#comment-39578 Mark Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:45:04 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4511#comment-39578 I didn't realize you were from NJ. That gives me an excuse to launch into a brief comment on the role of NJ Dems in this entire issue. I, likewise, was unusually happy to hear that both NJ senators voted the right way, even though I generally have a pretty low opinion of Lautenberg (I don't know enough about Menendez, though). I was far more proud of Rush Holt, though, who actually took a real leadership role in fighting for the Fourth Amendment, as sort of the House's version of Feingold - even though he' s no longer my Congressman due to redistricting. (The weird thing is that I hated him when he actually was my Congressman, if only because he unseated a guy I had interned with, thus contributing to the end of my one-time hopes of a career on Capitol Hill). As much as I disagree with Holt on other things (libertarian that I am), he's easily one of the most principled politicians around. I didn’t realize you were from NJ. That gives me an excuse to launch into a brief comment on the role of NJ Dems in this entire issue.

I, likewise, was unusually happy to hear that both NJ senators voted the right way, even though I generally have a pretty low opinion of Lautenberg (I don’t know enough about Menendez, though).

I was far more proud of Rush Holt, though, who actually took a real leadership role in fighting for the Fourth Amendment, as sort of the House’s version of Feingold - even though he’ s no longer my Congressman due to redistricting. (The weird thing is that I hated him when he actually was my Congressman, if only because he unseated a guy I had interned with, thus contributing to the end of my one-time hopes of a career on Capitol Hill). As much as I disagree with Holt on other things (libertarian that I am), he’s easily one of the most principled politicians around.

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